Not sure how my spouse pulled this off because I was acutely aware of all the Lego(or any other gifts) coming into the house for Christmas this year. We have skirmishes every once in awhile about Lego but obviously I’m still valued.I had mentioned I wanted to get the 2nd book after it was announced on the @Brickset homepage because I enjoyed the first. But got too busy and forgot to order. My better half was listening and I was completely surprised this morning!! Even ordered and hid all the pieces from me!!

I sat through about 35 minutes of Aquaman. Without any spoilers, I have come to the conclusion that DC filmmakers made some sort of deal with Dormammu. In order for the Nolan Batman Trilogy to exist, we are now being punished with all of these terrible DC movies.

But there were frickin' sharks with frickin' lasers beans attached to their frickin' heads.

All of a sudden a guy fighting murderbots on a flying city with a bow and arrow seems infinitely more plausible than whatever the hell was on the screen in Aquaman.

Other stupidities, observations and curiosities:Pirates are still paid in gold coins.People afraid of the water don't reconsider locating to the Swiss Alps or living in a yurt in the Gurbantunggut Desert.The Atlanteans are essentially the Gungans from Episode 1.Michael Beach resembles a slightly younger Joe Morton, so I got really confused for a few minutes wondering why Cyborg's dad appeared in this film.

I sat through about 35 minutes of Aquaman. Without any spoilers, I have come to the conclusion that DC filmmakers made some sort of deal with Dormammu. In order for the Nolan Batman Trilogy to exist, we are now being punished with all of these terrible DC movies.

But there were frickin' sharks with frickin' lasers beans attached to their frickin' heads.

All of a sudden a guy fighting murderbots on a flying city with a bow and arrow seems infinitely more plausible than whatever the hell was on the screen in Aquaman.

Other stupidities, observations and curiosities:Pirates are still paid in gold coins.People afraid of the water don't reconsider locating to the Swiss Alps or living in a yurt in the Gurbantunggut Desert.The Atlanteans are essentially the Gungans from Episode 1.Michael Beach resembles a slightly younger Joe Morton, so I got really confused for a few minutes wondering why Cyborg's dad appeared in this film.

I am now a lot more interested in seeing this while also convinced I made the right choice in never wanting to see it.

Also - if you're a Halo fan - I'm pretty sure someone 'borrowed' some of the costume design ideas.

And the Gate from Zion from Matrix 2 makes an appearance. And Prince Eric's ship from The Little Mermaid. (But no gadgets, gizmos, whozits, whatzits or thingamabobs. Maybe they're in the extended cut.) It might be Elsa and Anna's parents' ship, but one can never tell.

^ I agree with @Sumolego on his assessment of the movie and would add this to what I saw throughout the 2 hrs... “and these blast points. Too accurate for sand people. Only imperial stormtroopers are so precise!”

Wife finally said She doesn't hate lego just hates how much space it takes up then gets T. Red transport ,great build but ridiculously large but it's going down a great cos Wife and Daughter do love dinosaurs so it's a winner

Bad news: fought threw the Boxing Day crowd only to be disappointed by no new sets and no decent sales.Good news: I just got #70657 Ninjago City Docks for $150 off online.

Didn't bother heading out, Bricking Around tweeted all the links to all the sales (pretty disappointing, especially Myer & Target), ended up grabbing a couple of deals on Amazon, including #75220 for AU$125 (RRP is $200).

Bad news: fought threw the Boxing Day crowd only to be disappointed by no new sets and no decent sales.Good news: I just got #70657 Ninjago City Docks for $150 off online.

Didn't bother heading out, Bricking Around tweeted all the links to all the sales (pretty disappointing, especially Myer & Target), ended up grabbing a couple of deals on Amazon, including #75220 for AU$125 (RRP is $200).

Nice! I get their email notifications, but since I left in the morning I didnt have the opportunity to check until last night.

I need to get some photos but I've been spending a lot of my xmas break sorting my lego parts collection, still deciding how to do it but many trips to The Range, Hobbycraft etc. have resulted in hopefully enough to put it all in. Lots to sort from eBay and clean but the new bricks are tidying up nicely finally.

So satisfying to get bricks sorted! Need to get some big sets built though now I have some time!

I bet someone will amass an army of these classic astronauts in pink, yellow, and white. Too bad Benny still has that scratched up torso print, and cracked helmet mould. Though funny, Benny is not as suitable as a generic classic blue spaceman to get multiples of. But yes, this set is a total must have!

I wish TLG would take back those classic knight visors in production which you can attach to these old style helmets found in sets #375#383

As a little kid I would always attach the two visors (in red and black) I had from the joust to a black and a red classic spaceman as well as rocket backpacks that were in some classic space sets such as #6702

^I agree on Benny. Wish we could get a version of him all cleaned up. Sadly, I can’t find my old space stuff, which is a real shame. I got super nostalgic about when I saw the pictures of this set and knew it was a must have. I may also amass an army of these things I had planned to buy a few but I got the last one at Barnes & Noble today so one will do for now.

Wondering if I can work out which of this LEGO was destined for the club I intend to start at the Indian school I’m volunteering at for the next few months and which I brought out for me to practise my skills by building with a limited number of bricks.

I just finished my own project. At the beginning of the year I challenged myself to build something every day, no matter if I was at home that day or in the UK with family, if I was ill or very busy, every day no matter what I would build something. I never thought I'd manage it, but I actually did! This is my final build of the year:

It feels like a fitting end since thhis castle is starting to look A-MA-ZING! If anyone wants to see what a year in the life of Snowhitie building looks like: there is an album with a picture of the daily build on flickr here.

I'm very glad I did it, Lego always helps me to relax and by 'making' myself build every day, I actually gave myself the chance to do something fun and for me every day. When I feel praticularly ill or am really busy I usually feel like all my energy needs to go to my son, but by having the challenge I didn't feel so guilty taking out a bit of time to do something for myself. It might sound a bit funny to others, but it's done me a lot of good. I also like seeing all the things I did this year, can't believe how much I actually build. Now, am I going to keep going next year? I guess I'll make my mind up in the next couple of hours :)